Barbara, your lemon cucumbers sound healthy. I've loved cucumbers most of my life, but stopped growing them a few years ago because they're tasteless to me now. If I hear of a strong-flavored kind, I'll try it.

If I read the catalogs correctly, nectarines do not do well in Spokane, or Newport, WA. With the changing in weather and temperatures being so unpredictable, I don't know if plant zones will matter much anymore. I enjoy the taste of nectarines and buy them at the grocery store all the time. I am sure having them in your yard and picking and eating them fresh can't be topped.

It is hard for me to imagine rain in your part of the country after living for several years at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Darnall Army Medical Center at Ft. Hood and Brooke Army Medical Center at Ft. Sam Houston.

When I think of those homes, the sweat comes out on my brow.

Some plants just don't like to be transplanted, i.e.

"Root crops (carrots, beets, turnips, etc.) are not suited to transplants as the process will damage the root. Corn, cucurbits(squash, cucumbers, melons) and beans/peas don't like to be transplanted but can be with care."